What is my favorite Disneyland Attraction?

I’ve been reading Kyle Burbank’s ‘The E-Ticket Life’ where he addresses the question that all frequent guests to Disneyland get – What is your favorite Disneyland ride? Burbank chooses a ride whose popularity I never understood: Peter Pan’s Flight. It’s a nice ride. You get to fly in a pirate ship over London and to Neverland, but the wait time is never less than 45 minutes – even in the slow season! I ride it once a trip and then move on to other attractions that I enjoy more and have shorter lines. Even after Burbank’s explanation, I don’t really get the attraction of Peter Pan’s Flight, and that’s okay. Plenty of people love the ride, and everyone can have a favorite, even if it’s Dumbo or Astro Orbiter.​What Burbank’s explanation got me to thinking about is “What is my favorite attraction in Disneyland?” Of course, parameters always have to be established in order to make sure that everyone is using the same set of data. The attractions in Disneyland include rides, parades and shows. I am only considering rides in the Disneyland park proper as of 2017. (So if you are reading this after Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge opens, my favorite ride may have changed. Probably not, but it could happen.)

My Favorite AttractionAfter much deliberation, my favorite attraction is the Haunted Mansion Classic. Even when it has the Nightmare Before Christmas overlay, when we first answer when we get to the park and someone asks what are we going to do is “Let’s go to Haunted Mansion first.” While that is not always the smart way to do things – you should get a FASTPASS to an attraction on your way to ride Space Mountain when the park first opens and it is busy – the Haunted mansion tells me I have finally, really made it to Disneyland.